Article ID: | iaor20031315 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 110 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 167 |
End Page Number: | 181 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2002 |
Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
Authors: | Ogryczak Wodzimierz, Zawadzki Mariusz |
Keywords: | programming: multiple criteria |
Classical approaches to location problems are based on the minimization of the average distance (the median concept) or the minimization of the maximum distance (the center concept) to the service facilities. The median solution concept is primarily concerned with the spatial efficiency while the center concept is focused on the spatial equity. The